Go back to the past to plant trees

"Section Chief, thank you for yesterday. Without your medicine, I wouldn't have recovered so quickly."

On the first day, Feng Cheng arrived at the cafeteria early in the morning, and Shen Mengyin came over to express her gratitude.

Feng Cheng smiled and asked, "Is it done yet?"

Shen Mengyin said, "Okay, I got up and took my temperature. The fever has completely subsided, and I feel much better than yesterday."

"That's good, but you still need to be careful these next couple of days. Don't go out too much, just stay in the dorm and rest for a couple of days to avoid a relapse."

Shen Mengyin nodded, "Okay."

“Shen Mengyin, tell me what you want to eat later, and I’ll have Lao Wei make it for you,” Sui Zhichao interjected at this moment.

"Let Master Wei do it. Can't you do it for me?"

"Me? Sure, as long as you don't mind, I'll make it for you. I'll make whatever you want to eat."

Sui Zhichao asked excitedly, "Shen Mengyin, what would you like to eat?"

"I don't want to eat anything right now. I'll wait until I feel like eating."

"Okay, okay, then let me know when you want to eat it, remember!"

Seeing Sui Zhichao's dazed look, Shen Mengyin couldn't help but roll her eyes at him, but Sui Zhichao didn't care at all. He thought Shen Mengyin's eye-rolling was beautiful.

...

For the next few days, Feng Cheng stayed in the nursery. It had just rained, and the soil in the nursery was a bit compacted. Moreover, weeds had started to sprout after the rain. Feng Cheng had to loosen the soil and remove weeds with everyone. Shen Mengyin also came to help in the nursery after she recovered, but she wasn't good at working and was just there to make up the numbers.

After being busy for the past two days, Feng Cheng packed up and rode his horse down to the county town to buy some things.

"Director Yu, what are you doing here?"

Upon arriving at the Forestry Bureau, Feng Cheng unexpectedly saw Yu Zhenglai.

Yu Zhenglai said, "Didn't I say before that I would go to the dam again in a few days? Have you forgotten?"

Feng Cheng said, "I haven't forgotten, but I didn't expect you to come so soon. I thought you said it would be a few days or half a month."

"In a month or two, I'll say it's been a while."

"Since you've just come down from the dam, I have something I'd like to discuss with you. Let's go to the office!"

"Row."

Feng Cheng nodded and followed Yu Zheng.

"sit."

When Feng Cheng arrived at the office, he saw that Qu He and Li Zhong were also there.

"Director Qu, Engineer Li."

After Yu Zhenglai sat down, he said, "I have something to tell you. Engineer Li has applied to be transferred to Saihanba Mechanical Forest Farm. He will be working there from now on."

"Really? Engineer Li, welcome to work in Saihanba."

Li Zhong smiled and said, "Comrade Feng Cheng, we will have to learn from each other from now on."

Feng Cheng humbly replied, "It is I who should be learning from you."

Yu Zhenglai began, “It’s like this, Lao Qu, Engineer Li and I are preparing for the establishment of the Saihanba Mechanical Forest Farm. There are many details we would like to discuss with you. After all, you have been staying in the dam area and know the situation in Saihanba very well. You will consider more details than we do.”

Feng Cheng had anticipated this situation. He had been thinking that even if Yu Zhenglai didn't approach him directly, he would at least find an opportunity to discuss this matter with him. Now that Yu Zhenglai had taken the initiative to ask, Feng Cheng was just as pleased.

"Director Yu, you should be appointed as the director of the Saihanba Mechanical Forest Farm!"

"The official documents haven't been issued yet, but there's an intention from above, so they've put me in charge of the preparatory work for the mechanized forest farm."

Yu Zhenglai paused for a moment, then continued, "We mainly want to understand what special things need to be paid attention to during the preparation of the forest farm, and what aspects need to be prioritized."

Feng Cheng paused for a moment, organized his thoughts, and then said, "Director, after the Saihanba Mechanical Forest Farm is established, how many forest areas will be set up? Where will the forest farm's office area be located, where will its living quarters be located, and how many employees will the ministry, province, region, and bureau coordinate to come to the forest farm?"

Yu Zheng replied, "It's hard to say about the forest area, but I've discussed it with Engineer Li and Lao Qu, and we initially plan to set up five forest areas. The specific locations for the living and office areas are still under investigation and haven't been determined yet. As for how many people to coordinate, I don't know, but it should be at least one or two hundred people!"

"Director, I think the most urgent task right now is to determine the location of the forest farm's office area and living quarters. Once that's determined, we should immediately arrange the construction of the living quarters and office area. We should build houses where possible, and if we can't build houses, we should at least make some dugouts or makeshift shelters. Otherwise, once construction starts next year and the forest farm is established, a hundred or two hundred people will come all at once, and we won't be able to find a place to stay."

"This is a problem."

Yu Zheng took a drag of his cigarette. He felt that he had neglected this aspect. His main focus now was on purchasing machinery, coordinating personnel, and planning the forest farm, which had led to some neglect of the construction of the forest farm's living area.

Feng Cheng continued, "Director Yu, the living conditions in Saihanba are already harsh. If we can't arrange their food and lodging properly when a hundred or two hundred people come all at once, I'm afraid many of them will be scared away by the environment."

“Just like these college students, the bureau provides them with abundant supplies, and Lao Zhao and I try our best to take care of their daily lives. However, these college students are still somewhat resistant to staying in Saihanba. These college students have passion, enthusiasm, and faith, but even so, they all have the idea of ​​leaving. What about the staff who have been transferred here, those who have wives and children? Will they leave after seeing such living conditions?”

Qu He said, "Old Yu, I think Feng Cheng's concerns are valid. We need to consider the livelihood of the employees after the forest farm is established."

"This is just the issue of accommodation. There's also the issue of food. After the forest farm is established, how much of the food, drink, and sanitation needs of one or two hundred people, as well as the fodder for horses, donkeys, and mules, can be solved? How much do we need to solve ourselves? If we need to solve these problems, then we need to prepare in advance and find places to grow grain and vegetables. Otherwise, if we start preparing for these things after the forest farm is established, we will be in a lot of trouble."

"Old Qu, it seems we need to prepare for this in advance. Otherwise, if we wait until the forest farm is established next year to deal with it, we'll be in a bit of a mess."

"Ah."

Qu He nodded. "That makes sense. Our forest farm has just been established. The ministry will coordinate staff for us, but whether we can keep these people depends on our abilities. Some people will definitely not be able to stand the hardship and will leave, but if we can keep one more person, then we will have one more labor force to work, which will be of great help to our construction of Saihanba."

"Feng Cheng, how about I leave this to you?"

Qu He's gaze shifted to Feng Cheng.

"I?"

Feng Cheng was somewhat taken aback. "But I want to see the nursery..."

"What are you looking after in the nursery? Do you need to watch over your nursery 24 hours a day? Besides, hasn't Zhao Jinquan been with you for two years? Isn't he completely useless? Even if Zhao Jinquan is a bit lacking, what about Qin Xuemei and Meng Yue? They graduated with a degree in seedling cultivation. They should be able to help look after the nursery without any problem!"